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...prone they are to get themselves up on proletarian fancy dress-which, incidentally, can often be quite costly-and to cultivate a nondescript accent which might belong to anyone anywhere. This is part of the worldwide social revolution for which America has provided the musical accompaniment-rock-and the uniform-jeans...
History will note that 5-ft. 9-in. freshman Calvin Dixon scored his first points in a Harvard uniform on a high arching 18-footer with 3:10 left in the first half. They will not be his last...
...They've got to be professional. They stake their reputations on it," the former paratrooper and veteran of more than 1500 jumps told me to calm my fears about skydiving. His expertise, khaki uniform and medal of the elite paratrooper corps would be enough to convince even the most timid in our group of a dozen Harvard students of the safety of skydiving. He must be right, I think, they must be professional. As he had said, they stake their livelihood on it, just as you put your life in their hands. After all, this is skydiving, the risks...
...sculptor, maker of happenings, guru and political fantasist-is without doubt the most influential artist in Europe. At 58, he is also one of the few genuine art world stars: the gaunt face, the felt hat that never comes off in public and the fishing jacket make up a uniform as immediately recognizable to his fans as Al Capone's fedora or Picasso's monkey mask. He even has a retinue of attendants, attired in cute red jumpsuits. For some years he has been one of the chief culture heroes in Germany, particularly in Düsseldorf, where...
...recent salary moderation has been far from uniform, and some yawning disparities have appeared. Sibson & Co., a New Jersey management consultant firm, calculates that the compensation of top business executives has increased by 14.8% this year with the help of salary bonuses often reaching 20%. Among wage earners, the hourly pay of union employees grew by only 8.3%, while that of nonunion workers edged upward just 7.2%. In other categories, the Labor Department reports that the earnings of an attorney rose by 8.9% on average; that was less than his stenographer's 12% increase but well above his file...